Origin: Ogun River tributaries
Classification: Forgotten Water Spirit
Introduction
Maahi drifts like a half-remembered hymn—her name etched on sunken calabashes. "She claims what the river steals: memories, promises, children."
Cosmic Role
Domain: River depths, drowned histories
Sacred Duty: Keeper of aquatic balance
Energy Signature: Sorrowful benevolence, shifting truths
Sacred Expressions
Manifests as:
Water hyacinth choking Lagos lagoons
Ghost lights over Niger Delta creeks
Fisherman’s net heavy with bones
Ancestral Lineage
Kin to: Yemoja, Olokun
Servant of: Oshun
Names & Epithets
Aje Iye (Mother of Fish)
Omi Alagbede (Blacksmith of Waters)
The One Who Remembers
Powers
Controls fish migrations
Claims drowned souls as companions
Reveals hidden truths through floods
Modern Resonance
"In Niger Delta oil-spill documentaries,
In Ghanian poets mourning slave routes—Maahi’s tears still salt the Atlantic."